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Background documents related to this 

information collection request are 

available at https://regulations.gov and 

at DOL–MSHA located at 201 12th 

Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, 

VA 22202–5452. Questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. 

III. Current Actions 

This information collection request 

concerns provisions for Ventilation 

Plans, Tests, and Examinations in 

Underground Coal Mines. MSHA has 

updated the data with respect to the 

number of respondents, responses, 

burden hours, and burden costs 

supporting this information collection 

request from the previous information 

collection request. 

Type of Review: Extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

collection. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

OMB Number: 1219–0088. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 153. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Responses: 10,926. 

Annual Burden Hours: 115,874 hours. 

Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper 

Cost: $26,004. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval of the proposed 

information collection request; they will 

become a matter of public record and 

will be available at https://

www.reginfo.gov. 

Jessica Senk, 

Certifying Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

[OMB Control No. 1219–0073] 

Proposed Extension of Information 

Collection; Mine Mapping and Records 

of Opening, Closing, and Reopening of 

Mines 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance request for 

comment to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

collections of information in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. This request helps to ensure that: 

Requested data can be provided in the 

desired format; reporting burden (time 

and financial resources) is minimized; 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood; and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. Currently, the Mine 

Safety and Health Administration 

(MSHA) is soliciting comments on the 

information collection for Mine 

Mapping and Records of Opening, 

Closing, and Reopening of Mines. 

DATES: All comments must be received 

on or before September 20, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comment 

as follows. Please note that late, 

untimely filed comments will not be 

considered. 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments in the following 

way: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

for docket number MSHA–2021–0021. 

Comments submitted electronically, 

including attachments, to https://

www.regulations.gov will be posted to 

the docket, with no changes. Because 

your comment will be made public, you 

are responsible for ensuring that your 

comment does not include any 

confidential information that you or a 

third party may not wish to be posted, 

such as your or anyone else’s Social 

Security number or confidential 

business information. 

• If your comment includes 

confidential information that you do not 

wish to be made available to the public, 

submit the comment as a written/paper 

submission. 

Written/Paper Submissions: Submit 

written/paper submissions in the 

following way: 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Mail or visit 

DOL–MSHA, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th 

Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, 

VA 22202–5452. 

• MSHA will post your comment as 

well as any attachments, except for 

information submitted and marked as 

confidential, in the docket at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Senk, Director, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 

MSHA, at 

MSHA.information.collections@dol.gov 

(email); (202) 693–9440 (voice); or (202) 

693–9441 (facsimile). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act), 30 U.S.C. 813(h), authorizes 

MSHA to collect information necessary 

to carry out its duty in protecting the 

safety and health of miners. Further, 

section 101(a) of the Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. 

811, authorizes the Secretary of Labor 

(Secretary) to develop, promulgate, and 

revise as may be appropriate, improved 

mandatory health or safety standards for 

the protection of life and prevention of 

injuries in coal or other mines. 

The information collection addressed 

by this notice is intended to protect 

miners by ensuring that up-to-date, 

accurate mine maps contain the 

information needed to clarify the best 

alternatives for action during an 

emergency operation. Coal mine 

operators routinely use maps to create 

safe and effective development plans. 

Mine maps are schematic depictions 

of critical mine infrastructure, such as 

water, power, transportation, 

ventilation, and communication 

systems. Using accurate, up-to-date 

maps during a disaster, mine emergency 

personnel can locate refuges for miners 

and identify sites of explosion potential. 

Emergency personnel use the maps to 

know where stationary equipment was 

placed, where ground was secured, and 

where they can best begin a rescue 

operation. During a disaster, maps can 

be crucial to the safety of the emergency 

personnel who must enter a mine to 

begin a search for survivors. 

Mine maps may describe the current 

status of an operating mine or provide 

crucial information about a closed mine 

that is being reopened. 

Title 30 CFR 75.1200 requires each 

underground coal mine operator to have 

an accurate and up-to-date map of such 

mine drawn to scale and stored in a 

fireproof repository in an area on the 

surface of the mine chosen by the mine 

operator to minimize the danger of 

destruction by fire or other hazards. 

Sections 75.1200–1, 75.1201, 75.1202, 

75.1202–1, and 75.1203 specify the 

information which must be shown on 

the map. The maps must be certified by 

a registered engineer or surveyor and be 

kept up-to-date by temporary notations 

and revised and supplemented to 

include the temporary notations at 

intervals of not more than 6 months. 

Maps must be made available for 

inspection by a representative of the 

Secretary, State coal mine inspectors, 

miners and their representatives, 

operators of adjacent coal mines, and 

persons owning, leasing, or residing on 

surface areas of such mines or areas 


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adjacent to such mines. Mine maps are 

essential to the planning and safe 

operation of the mine. In addition, these 

maps provide a graphic presentation of 

the locations of working sections and 

the locations of fixed surface and 

underground mine facilities and 

equipment, escapeway routes, coal 

haulage and man and materials haulage 

entries and other information essential 

to mine rescue or mine firefighting 

activities in the event of mine fires, 

explosions or inundations of gas or 

water. The information is essential to 

the safe operation of adjacent mines and 

mines approaching the worked out areas 

of active or abandoned mines. Section 

75.372 requires underground mine 

operators to submit three copies of an 

up-to-date mine map to the District 

Manager at intervals not exceeding 12 

months during the operating life of the 

mine. 

Title 30 CFR 75.1204 and 75.1204–1 

require that whenever an underground 

coal mine operator permanently closes 

or abandons a coal mine, or temporarily 

closes a coal mine for a period of more 

than 90 days, the operator must file with 

MSHA a copy of the mine map revised 

and supplemented to the date of 

closure. Maps are retained in a 

repository and are made available to 

mine operators of adjacent properties. 

The maps are necessary to provide an 

accurate record of underground areas 

that have been mined to help prevent 

active mine operators from mining into 

abandoned areas that may contain water 

or harmful gases. 

Title 30 CFR 77.1200, 77.1201, and 

77.1202 require surface coal mine 

operators to maintain an accurate and 

up-to-date map of the mine and 

specifies the information to be shown 

on the map, the acceptable range of map 

scales, that the map be certified by a 

registered engineer or surveyor, and that 

the map be available for inspection by 

the Secretary or his authorized 

representative. These maps are essential 

for the safe operation of the mine and 

provide essential information to 

operators of adjacent surface and 

underground mines. Properly prepared 

and effectively utilized surface mine 

maps can prevent outbursts of water 

impounded in underground mine 

workings and/or inundations of 

underground mines by surface 

impounded water or water and/or gases 

impounded in surface auger mining 

worked-out areas. 

Title 30 CFR 75.373 and 75.1721 

require that after a mine is abandoned 

or declared inactive and before it is 

reopened, mine operations must not 

begin until MSHA has been notified and 

has completed an inspection. Section 

75.1721 specifies that once the mine 

operator notifies the MSHA District 

Manager of the intent to reopen a mine 

all preliminary plans must be submitted 

in writing and approved prior to 

development of the coalbed. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

MSHA is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed information 

collection related to Mine Mapping and 

Records of Opening, Closing, and 

Reopening of Mines. MSHA is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information has practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

• Suggest methods to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Background documents related to this 

information collection request are 

available at https://regulations.gov and 

at DOL–MSHA located at 201 12th 

Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, 

VA 22202–5452. Questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

III. Current Actions 

This information collection request 

concerns provisions for Mine Mapping 

and Records of Opening, Closing, and 

Reopening of Mines. MSHA has 

updated the data with respect to the 

number of respondents, responses, 

burden hours, and burden costs 

supporting this information collection 

request from the previous information 

collection request. 

Type of Review: Extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

collection. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

OMB Number: 1219–0073. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 580. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Responses: 1,190. 

Annual Burden Hours: 6,274 hours. 

Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper 

Cost: $3,204,898. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval of the proposed 

information collection request; they will 

become a matter of public record and 

will be available at https://

www.reginfo.gov. 

Jessica Senk, 

Certifying Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts 

Subject 60-Day Notice for the ‘‘2021 

Final Descriptive Report Update’’ 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts, National Foundation on the Arts 

and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Endowment for 

the Arts (NEA), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, conducts a 

preclearance consultation program to 

provide the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. This program 

helps to ensure that requested data can 

be provided in the desired format, 

reporting burden (time and financial 

resources) is minimized, collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 

the impact of collection requirements on 

respondents can be properly assessed. 

Currently, the NEA is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

information collection in final 

descriptive reports. A copy of the 

current information collection request 

can be obtained by contacting the office 

listed below in the address section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

address section below within 60 days 

from the date of this publication in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sunil 

Iyengar, National Endowment for the 

Arts, via email (research@arts.gov). 


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